08/21/2008

Day 11, Women's and men's sprints

Yeah, this seems pretty retrograde, but it is harder than I thought to catch up once I missed two days of posting photos from the Olympic cycling events. I hope to have the points race photos posted before London 2012...

So click here to see some shots from the men's and women's sprints Tuesday at the Laoshan Velodrome in Beijing. This was the last race to decide a gold medal at the velodrome. The action then moved outside for BMX and mountain bike.

And this photo is not a sprint pic. No one gets three gold medals for one race. Hoy had to ride in three races to get three gold medals, and don't they look nice and shiny? Associated Press photo by Christophe Ena.